Scott will be discussing the legacy of John Hospers, best known as the only Libertarian Party candidate to win an Electoral College vote. Scott will also give a presentation on his latest project, Inside the Mind of Ayn Rand, a new feature-length documentary that will explore Rand’s powerful philosophy of Objectivism.

The Seminar, which began on July 6th in Anaheim, will run until Wednesday the 13th. For more information on how you can attend the speech, we encourage you to visit the Seminar’s registration webpage.

About the MPI: The Moving Picture Institute supports filmmakers who are committed to protecting and sustaining a free society, and supports their work through grants, fiscal sponsorship, promotion, marketing, internships, training workshops, networking opportunities, and production assistance.

To date, MPI has helped develop, fund, produce, or promote a range of feature-length films dealing with topics such as the repressive climate on our nation’s college campuses, environmental activism’s role in perpetuating Third World poverty, anti-communist humor’s cultural history, and Hungary’s and Estonia’s revolutions against totalitarianism. They have partnered on films like: Indoctrinate U, The Singing Revolution, Do As I Say, The Cartel, and many more.

This new project is our solution for those of you who’ve expressed a desire to financially contribute to Inside the Mind of Ayn Rand, but have found the investor levels too steep. We value and appreciate your enthusiasm for Inside the Mind… and would be thrilled if you considered contributing. There are fantastic awards for donors at all levels–even those who give $1 are privy to our project updates!

Inside the Mind… is a documentary long in the making, and had its roots, as almost all good things do, in discussion amongst friends. Originally conceived as a retrospective on Rand, it soon became apparent that a new kind of documentary was needed in order to tackle this complicated and brilliant woman’s life, and her extra-ordinary ideas that are currently enjoying a Renaissance of popularity.

To say Rand’s life was epic, is, perhaps, an understatement. Hers was a stranger-than-fiction tale replete with bravery, failure, triumph, scandal, redemption, and ultimately, a final act befitting a Greek tragedy.

The child of persecuted Russian Jews, Rand advocated ideas that often challenged the most cherished beliefs of contemporary society. On moral grounds, she stole “selfishness” from the world of vice, making it a virtue, and also argued against faith in God.

Escaping Communist-controlled Russia at the age of 21, Rand fled to America, where she quickly mastered English, and ultimately authored four novels that are considered classics of English literature.

But who was this diminutive woman with piercing black eyes, and where did she get these ideas that, to the astonishment of her critics, have become vastly influential in America?

Inside the Mind of Ayn Rand will be a journey of discovery blending the tumultuous events of Rand’s life, while exploring her challenging ideas, and what they mean to an America poised at a philosophical crossroad.